As Russia opens a new front in its ongoing hybrid war with the West, Belarus’ national airline is caught in the crosshairs. The European Union told its airlines this...
Tag - Alexander Lukashenko
EU airlines have been told to avoid Belarusian airspace while the national carrier of Belarus, Belavia, has been barred from accessing the bloc’s airports. Non-EU...
The European Union faces a major international crisis after Belarus forced a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk, allowing the country’s...
Authorities in Belarus look set to use new “anti-Nazi” legislation to intensify their crackdown on independent media and civil society. New and amended laws...
Authorities in Belarus this week intensified their repression of independent media, shutting down the country’s largest news portal, TUT.by. The largest and most...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Belarus may have a puritanical president whose increasingly repressive regime tolerates little dissent, but the gamblers who throng from neighbouring countries to its...
Protests in Belarus since a rigged presidential election last August have been characterised by their creativity. So much so that as well as inspiring works of art, the...
The recent arrest and sentencing of members of the Polish diaspora in Belarus are part of a growing campaign of harassment and persecution orchestrated by the...
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s unswerving commitment to bringing about democratic change in Belarus, despite being forced into exile and despite the imprisonment of her...
As Belarus celebrates Freedom Day, the country’s opposition is calling for new protests against the country’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. The opposition...
Eastern Europe is home to several authoritarian leaders who run repressive regimes: labeling Alexander Lukashenko as “Europe’s last dictator” is lazy, simplistic, and...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...